Trunk for undergarments



(No Model.)

L. SITTIG'. TRUNK FOR UNDERGARMENTS.

Patented Apr. 12, 1898.

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TRUNK FOR UNDERGARMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters PatentNO; 602,188, dated April 12, 1898.

' Application filed March 16, 1897- Serial No. 627,828. (No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LENA SITTIG, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in'Trunks for Undergarments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in trunks for undergarments, and more particularly to trunks adapted for use in connection with tights and underdrawers.

As heretofore construct'ed'it has been necessary in order to keep the tights smooth on the legs to fit the trunk tightly to the hips and bind it tightly around the waist, causing great discomfort to the wearer and affording no convenience for toilet purposes.

My present invention is directed to a structure which shall provide against such objectionable pressure about the hips and waist, leaving the hip movement free and at the same time holding the exposed portion of the tights below the commonly-worn outer puffed trunk smooth, and which shall at the same time provide for toilet purposes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a back View of the trunk as it appears when in use with the toilet-flap buttoned. Fig. 2 is a similar view showingthe toilet-flap unbuttoned. Figs. 3 and at represent in plan patterns of the two parts which compose the trunk. Fig. 5 represents a front view of the two parts of the trunk united before the attachment thereto of the legs of the tights, and Fig. 6 represents a back view of the same.

In Figs. 1 and 2 a portion of the form of the wearer is represented in dotted lines to show the position of the trunk when applied there- The trunk proper consists of a front A and back A, preferably formed integral, although they'may beformed separately and joined along a central line, (denoted by no 00,

Fig. 3,) the opposite edges of the said'front 'and back being centrally cut away in curved form, as shown at a a, to form when the parts A and A are folded over together, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the openings for thefattachment of the tops of the leg portions B B of the tights. The front and back portions A A are slitted centrally from a point 0 near the upper portion of the back'to a point 0' about midway up the front, although the length of this slit and its exact position may be varied, according to the elasticity of the material employed. I Intermediate of the back and front there is also formed an opening D of elliptical form, the opposite edges of which when the front and back are brought into contact, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, will rest in proximity to each other, forming an arched portion at. (See Figs. 5 and 6.)

The toilet-flap E at the back and the closureE at the front may either be formed in onepiece or may be formed separately and united along the line y y. They are preferably formed in separate pieces and have their adjacent ends arched, as shown at e 2', Fig. 4, and when folded over toward one another, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the arched edges e e are united by stitching, forming a complete closure. When so united, they are attached at their opposite edges, along the position of the line y y, to the lower end of the trunk at the points designated by 6 6 Fig. 5, and the opposite edges of the front closure E are stitched to the front A, as shown in Fig. 5, the opposite curved portions 6 and e of the back flap E being stitched to the edges of the back A of the trunk along the curved lines e 6 at the top of the leg portions, as shown in Fig. 6. The part of the toilet-flapE above the points 6 6 is free to be buttoned and unbuttoned, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The

lower portions of the trunk inclosed by the in Fig. 1) with a band F of any suitable softsurfaced material, which may be fastened around the waist of the wearer, the straps f, which I term suspension-straps, serving to hold the leg portions B B of the tights at all times smooth, no matter whether the trunk between the tights and the band F be loosened or fastened.

It is intended where the trunk is usedfor tights that the ordinary puffed silk trunk be placed outside of the trunk here described,

as is usual.

What I claim istached t0 the main part of the trunk at dis- A trunk for garments, comprising a main tances spaced from the central line or slit of portion slitted centrally from back to front the main portion, substantially as set forth. 10

and provided Withalaterally-elongated open- LENA SITTIG. 5 ing at the crotch, a toilet-flap and front 010- Witnesses:

sure connected along an arched line at the FREDK. HAYNES,

crotch and having their opposite edges at- EDWARD VIESER. 

